L85.9

L85.9: Epidermal thickening, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L85.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for epidermal thickening, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L85.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L85.9

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on L85: Other epidermal thickening

hypertrophic disorders of the skin (L91.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with L85.9

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

R23.4Changes in skin texture

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

L85.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57161Billing and Coding: Benign Skin Lesion Removal (Excludes Actinic Keratosis, and Mohs)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hyperkeratosis
Pachyderma, pachydermia
Hyperplasia, hyperplastic›epithelial
Thickening›epidermal
Hyperplasia, hyperplastic›epithelial›skin

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.